Species Detail - Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Hydrobates leucorhous
Leach's Storm Petrel
NHMSYS0021537808
RecommendedWell-formed
Leach's Petrel , Leach's Storm-petrel , Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818), Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot), Procellaria leucorrhoa , Thalassidroma leachii Vieillot
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive || Protected Species: EU Birds Directive >> Annex I Bird Species || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
hyleu
N/A
Bird
Species
176
12
83
08/08/1980
07/09/2005
1 January (recorded in 2002)
9 December (recorded in 2006)
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), European Seabirds at Sea (ESAS) bird sightings 1980-2023, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Leach's Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous), accessed 28 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/408/Species/309470>